Question about sipping drinks
arcana7609
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I have a question and was wondering if someone might have some insight. I went to the dentist and she explained that sipping a drink is the worse thing you can do for your teeth, because each sip is an acid attack and your teeth don't know it's not the same soda.
It made me start to wonder about how sipping a sugary drink throughout the day would affect blood sugar. I work 10 hour shifts and usually take a 20 oz soda with me and sip on it all through the night. Would taking a sip every 10 or 15 minutes be enough to cause my blood sugar to jump up?
My first AC1 was 6.0
after being on thyroid meds it's gone from 5.9 after 3 months to 5.8 after 6 months. I have started drinking water based on this new idea. I will be interested in seeing how levels are affected. I am not on any medicine currently.
It made me start to wonder about how sipping a sugary drink throughout the day would affect blood sugar. I work 10 hour shifts and usually take a 20 oz soda with me and sip on it all through the night. Would taking a sip every 10 or 15 minutes be enough to cause my blood sugar to jump up?
My first AC1 was 6.0
after being on thyroid meds it's gone from 5.9 after 3 months to 5.8 after 6 months. I have started drinking water based on this new idea. I will be interested in seeing how levels are affected. I am not on any medicine currently.
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Good question arcana. I learn something new everyday from others here-sharing their experiences.
The Oral Care section of WebMd states;
"To prevent cavities and maintain good oral health, your diet -- what you eat and how often you eat -- are important factors. Changes in your mouth start the minute you eat certain foods. Bacteria in the mouth convert sugars from the foods you eat to acids, and it's the acids that begin to attack the enamel on teeth, starting the decay process. The more often you eat and snack, the more frequently you are exposing your teeth to the cycle of decay."
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/diet-oral-health
It's only by self testing blood sugar levels-throughout the day-do we learn quickly how our choices affect blood sugar control from one day to the next-and if any adjustments need to be made in keeping with managing our target goals.
Unfortunately, my pancreas headed towards the junk pile since my diagnosis many moons ago and doesn't afford me the opportunity to take sugary drinks without insulin, so I'll be of no help in answering your question.
Seems to me, by switching to more water based drinks, you've made good choice.:drinker:0 -
I've never been a drinker of sugary drinks, but logic says that if you are constantly sipping on sugar and you are a diabetic, it will increase your blood glucose. That is why it is recommended that you drink fruit juice if you get hypoglycemic. It is a fast way to raise your blood sugar.
As for the acidic erosion factor even diet sodas help create the acidic environment for that to occur. That said, I still have my diet cokes each morning. After my 2 diet cokes, I switch to diluted crystal light. About half crystal light and half water. Very few calories and no sugar.0 -
Soda - even diet soda has a lot of acids even before the sugar conversion. [Historically Coke was named a great battery cleaner.] If you read the ingredients you often find such as phosphoric acid. Not bad so much as too much acid.
I had omitted sugar soda from my diet long before my diagnosis as an attempt to lose weight. Now sugared soda tastes MUCH too sweet. Now I'm working to omit all soda from my diet as I'm trying to
1) reduce the amount of artificial sweetener I'm consuming (one problem being explored is artifiicial sweeteners actually cause hunger - evidence not there yet? but not taking chances)
2) reduce the amount of "sweet" I take in. The less sweet you consume, over time, the more you notice it when you do eat some. And less tolerant you become - or less craving sweet. At least that's been my experience.
Even the 0 cal waters can have sweeteners ( those "ose" words). And sometimes they state 0 cals but 4 or 5 g carbs. ????
So water is good. I'm looking for safe ways to give some mild flavor to the water.0 -
I think that you're on the right track to decrease the amount of sweet tastes you get each day. We typically find that by eating and drinking fewer sweets we actually want less sweets, and we're starting a positive cycle that will improve our health. Think about all the sweet tastes we can get each day: from food, beverages, gum, mints - it can really add up! ~Lynn /Glucerna0
